US Open: Paes-Stepanek face Bryan brothers in final
September 7th, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 7 (IANS) India's ace tennis player Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek cruised into the final of US Open men's doubles after Spaniards Marcel Granollers ... Read more...
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Olympics tennis: gold for Belarus in mixed doubles
August 6th, 2012 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Belarusian pair of Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi held their nerve in a tiebreak for the gold medal to beat Britain's Andy ... Read more...
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Olympic tennis: Williams sisters win doubles gold
August 5th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, claimed their record fourth tennis gold in the Olympics as they overpowered Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of ... Read more...
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Paes, Vesnina go down fighting in Wimbledon final
July 9th, 2012 - 3:35 am ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina went down fighting to second seeds Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond in the Wimbledon mixed doubles final here Sunday.The Indo-Russian pair ... Read more...
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Paes-Vesnina beat top seeds to enter Wimbledon final
July 8th, 2012 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
London, July 7 (IANS) Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina upstaged top seeds Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber to enter the mixed doubles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships here Saturday.The ... Read more...
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Paes-Vesnina in Wimbledon mixed doubles semis (Lead)
July 6th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 6 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina beat unseeded Paul Hanley and Alla Kudryavtseva to stroll into the mixed doubles semifinals of the ... Read more...
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Paes-Vesnina in Wimbledon mixed doubles quarters
July 6th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 6 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina beat the formidable Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka for a place in the mixed doubles quarter-finals ... Read more...
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Wimbledon: Bopanna-Zheng out of mixed doubles
July 6th, 2012 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Jie Zhang crashed out of the mixed doubles after they lost their quarterfinal match in Wimbledon here Thursday.Bopanna ... Read more...
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Bhupathi’s unique mixed doubles record
June 8th, 2012 - 4:04 am ICT by IANS
Paris, June 8 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi has the unique record of winning all his eight Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with seven different partners and in straight sets.The only ... Read more...
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French Open: Bhupathi, Sania advance to mixed double quarters
June 4th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Paris, June 3 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza advanced to the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles at the French Open with a straight sets victory over ... Read more...
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Paes in mixed quarters, beaten in men’s doubles (Roundup)
June 3rd, 2012 - 2:09 am ICT by IANS
Paris, June 3 (IANS) Leander Paes had mixed luck in the French Open tennis Saturday. While the top Indian doubles player and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina easily won ... Read more...
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Paes-Peya knocked out of French Open
June 2nd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 2 (IANS) India's nightmare at the French Open continued with Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Alexander Peya being dumped out of the men's doubles second round ... Read more...
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Bhupathi-Bopanna shocked in French Open first round
May 31st, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 31 (IANS) Indian tennis players' disappointing run in the French Open continued as sixth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna lost in the men's doubles first round ... Read more...
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Sania gains four places in tennis singles rankings
May 14th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Indian tennis star Sania Mirza moved up in the world women's singles tennis rankings from 191 to 187.In the rankings released over the weekend, ... Read more...
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Indian Wells: Sania-Vesnina crushed in finals
March 18th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Indian Wells (California), March 18 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina lost to American pair Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in the women's doubles final of ... Read more...
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Sania-Vesnina reach finals of Indian Wells
March 17th, 2012 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Indian Wells (California), March 17 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina had to battle hard against the Czech team of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka to ... Read more...
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Sania-Vesnina thrashed in Dubai Open final
February 26th, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Feb 25 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina lost to the American pair of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in straight sets in the doubles ... Read more...
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Sania-Vesnina advance to finals in Dubai
February 25th, 2012 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Feb 25 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina edged out Shuai Peng of China and Chinese Taipei's Su-Wei Hsieh to book a place in the ... Read more...
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Paes-Stepanek storm into final of Australian Open
January 26th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) The newly formed pair of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek stormed into the men's doubles final of the Australian Open, defeating second seeds Max Mirnyi ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Paes-Stepanek, Sania-Bhupathi in semis (Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza were on the winning side of the doubles events at the Australian Open Wednesday.Sania, however, had ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Sania-Vesnina surprise Raymond-Huber to enter semis
January 24th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina beat fancied American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 to enter the women's ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Sania in quarters of doubles and mixed event
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza is through to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open tennis with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in the mixed doubles and Russian Elena Vesnina ... Read more...
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Bhupathi-Bopanna knocked out of Australian Open (Lead)
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the Australian Open men's double while Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek cruised into ... Read more...
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Good day for Indians in Australian Open
January 20th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Sixth-seeded Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi kicked off their mixed doubles campaign in the Australian Open with a comfortable win over South ... Read more...
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American duo Huber-Raymond wins US Open women’s doubles
September 12th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 12 (IANS) Fourth-seeded American team of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond won the US Open Tennis Championship women's doubles title by outlasting defending champions Vania King ... Read more...
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Sania-Vesnina finish runners up at French Open (Lead)
June 3rd, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 3 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza will have to wait some more for a women's doubles Grand Slam title after she, partnering Elena Vesnina, lost 4-6, 3-6 Friday to ... Read more...
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We hold the edge in the final: Sania (Lead)
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 2 (IANS) Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza says it was a "dream" for her to reach the women's doubles final of the French Open tennis and feels that ... Read more...
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Sania first Indian to reach women’s doubles Grand Slam final
June 2nd, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 2 (IANS) Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first Indian woman to enter a Grand Slam doubles final.Sania, who lifted a Grand Slam title when she won ... Read more...
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French Open: Sania-Elena in women’s doubles final
June 2nd, 2011 - 2:25 am ICT by IANS
Paris, June 2 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina of Russia overcame second set jitters against fourth-seeded Americans Liezel Huberand Lisa Raymond to enter the French Open tennis women's ... Read more...
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French Open: Sania-Elena in semis, Bopanna-Qureshi quarters (Lead)
May 30th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 30 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina of Russia shocked top seeds Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Flavia Pennetta of Italy to enter the women's doubles ... Read more...
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Sania-Elena in Family Circle Cup’s doubles quarters
April 7th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Charleston (US), April 7 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and Russia's Elena Vesnina shocked second-seeded Americans Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to enter the doubles quarterfinals of the $721,000 Family Circle ... Read more...
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Stosur eyes Tour Championships in Doha despite clash with Delhi CWG
September 5th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 5(ANI): Australian tennis star Samantha Stosur insists that missing the New Delhi Commonwealth Games would not be important to her, as she eyes one of the rarest feats in women's ... Read more...
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Leander Paes’s 12 Grand Slam titles
July 5th, 2010 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
Factfile on Leander Paes's 12 Grand Slam titles:
Men's doubles (six titles)1999 French Open with Mahesh Bhupathi1999 Wimbledon with Mahesh Bhupathi2001 French Open with Mahesh Bhupathi2006 US ... Read more...
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Paes wins Wimbledon mixed doubles for 12th Grand Slam (Lead)
July 5th, 2010 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwe's Cara Black won the Wimbledon mixed doubles titles, overpowering Wesley Moodie of South Africa and American Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) here Sunday.
The ... Read more...
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Paes-Black win Wimbledon mixed doubles
July 5th, 2010 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
London, July 4 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe beat South African Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond of the US 6-4, 7-6 (5) to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles ... Read more...
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